Waypoints 31: And Now Our Watch Has Ended

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🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 102 minutes

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This episode contains spoilers for all of Game of Thrones!

So. Game of Thrones is finally over. Through ups and downs, good seasons and bad, it seemed like the entire world was watching. And when something has that much attention, even the smallest change gets noticed. This week on Waypoints, Austin brings us an article on how the final seasons of Game of Thrones shifted storytelling styles, and we discuss how those changes manifested in a season that has a lot of people scratching their heads if they're not outright disappointed. He's also brought an article asking what happens to website traffic when a cultural phenomenon ends, and why so many sites, regardless of focus, ran articles on Game of Thrones. Rob then brings us an amazing interview with Magic Johnson on why he spectacularly quit his job with the Lakers, and the crew discusses why he can just up and do that.

Discussed: The Real Reason Fans Hate the Last Season of Game of Thrones, What Time Does the Game of Thrones Traffic End?, Magic Johnson says Lakers GM was 'backstabbing', Home Movies

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0:00.0	Hey, just a little content warning here upfront. First of all, we're going to be talking about
0:05.5	Game of Thrones and the themes that Game of Thrones tends to be associated with. There's going to
0:09.4	be some discussion of portrayals of sexual violence and trauma as well as some physical violence.
0:18.0	And you should also be advised that there's going to be a lot of spoilers in this podcast as well.
0:24.7	So if those two things are deal-breakers, just know that going in. This is an episode you might
0:29.1	want to consider skipping. Hope you enjoy the show.
0:54.2	Hi, it's Thursday and it's time to walk you to Waypoints.
0:57.6	We're listening to staff and friends. Take a break to Nerd Out and Deep Dive.
1:01.2	On the culture art. Rob Lake Daenerys has taken a sudden turn and we had no foundation laid for
1:09.1	what just happened here. You know how it is you got an entire plan. Then you just see the red key
1:17.0	and you just use your shit. Burn it down and then hold a Nazi rally.
1:22.3	Uh-huh. Filled with people of color, thank you. Yep.
1:26.4	And an entertainment that's been inspiring and provoking us lately. Uh-huh.
1:31.2	Fuck. Gather around the table. You've already heard him. Austin Walker.
1:35.7	You're provoking his right.
1:39.9	And that is the, those peels of laughter are from Patrick Kleppich. Peels. That's a good, you know.
1:46.9	I don't know how to take that but I'll accept it.
1:50.7	And of course we have a producer, Kato, working the boards.
1:54.3	So this is not necessarily a game of thrones. Uh-uh. It is. It is. There's going to be some
2:03.3	taking stuff here. But uh-there's been-we've basically all been immersed. Even if you did not
2:09.5	watch the show, we all have a keen sense of how this last season of HBO's long-running uh
2:16.4	fantasy drama has been received by fans and it's been all over the map. Uh-Austin, one of the things
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